#42DE4A#42DE4A

#42DE4A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.229 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DE4A
RGBrgb(66, 222, 74)
HSLhsl(123, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(123, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.3%, 0%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.40, -67.97, 58.73)
CIE-LCHlch(78.40, 89.83, 139.17°)
OKLaboklab(79.13% -0.1842 0.1353)
OKLCHoklch(79.13% 0.229 143.7)
XYZxyz(29.6022, 53.8919, 15.3193)
Luminance0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DE4A #DE42D6
analogous
#88DE42 #42DE4A #42DE98
triadic
#42DE4A #4A42DE #DE4A42
tetradic
#42DE4A #4288DE #DE42D6 #DE9842
square
#42DE4A #4288DE #DE42D6 #DE9842
split-complementary
#42DE4A #9842DE #DE4288
monochromatic
#198D1F #22C12A #42DE4A #76E77C #AAF0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#42DE4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78
#42DE4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DE4A
11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DE4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DE4A1.001.7811.7811.78
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7821.001.001.00
##00000011.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2CA36
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BD58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42de4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.229 143.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cea83',
    500: '#42de4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42de4a;
$custom-light: #8cea83;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42de4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79134,
    "c": 0.22852,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DE4A
secondary
#92328D
accent
#3BE4ED
background
#FCFEFB
surface
#F5FDF2
border
#CFD5CC
text
#0E160B
muted
#7F847E

Preview Lab

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#42DE4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva